Dundee-based comic creators Katy Stone and Phillip Vaughan have launched Issue Two of Singularity, their creator-owned horror and science fiction anthology, now live on Kickstarter.
Following the successful crowdfunding of the first issue, Singularity returns with a new 36-page A4 collection of unsettling original short comics blending body horror, psychological dread, dark humour, and speculative science fiction and bringing in several high profile collaborators from across comics and paranormal media, including 2000AD creator Pat Mills and the paranormal investigators, Ghost Theory.
Created and produced under their imprint VHS Publications, Singularity is built around a simple promise: bold, human-made comics, made independently and paid fairly. Stone and Vaughan write, draw, letter, design, and edit the anthology in-house, while inviting guest creators to contribute distinct voices and styles. The result is a fast-moving “mixed tape” of horror and sci-fi, some stories self-contained, others returning threads in an expanding shared world.
“People backed Issue One because they wanted something that felt genuinely original not focus-grouped, not safe,” said Katy Stone, illustrator and co-creator. “Issue Two goes deeper into the strange. It’s creepy, funny in the wrong moments, and designed to stick with you.”
One of the headline collaborations for Issue Two is “Dolly Mixture”, created with paranormal investigators Ghost Theory, known for their on-location explorations of reportedly haunted locations. In the story, Ghost Theory investigate an abandoned house filled with dolls and toys and discover something that doesn’t want to be documented.
Issue Two also features a new “Uncanny Valley” story plotted by comics legend Pat Mills (best known for his influential work in British comics), with story and art by Phillip Vaughan, plus a mix of returning favourites and new voices. Vaughan brings production expertise and a cinematic eye to the anthology’s pacing, colour and lettering.
Mark Brown and Dan Harris also return as guest creators for Issue Two. Brown illustrates the latest “Cosmic Salvage Company” story, bringing a sharp, unsettling visual tone to the anthology’s interstellar “clean-up crew” nightmare. Harris contributes his cult character Frinja in a new strip, and also illustrates “Baron of the Stoneage”, adding a darkly comic edge that keeps the anthology’s tone unpredictable while still firmly rooted in horror and sci-fi.
The new issue’s line-up also includes “Judgement,” (as featured in Heavy Metal’s Angry Mob digital zine) a neon-noir sci-fi descent into madness in which an intergalactic traveller’s one-night stand spirals into something far darker; “The Fountain,” a corporate dystopia by writer Caroline Goulding, (founder of Cornwall-based charity, Bandwagon), a tale where promotions come with brutal consequences; and the return of “Foiled”, the fan-favourite story of octogenarian bad-asses fighting alien intruders.
Alongside the core stories, Issue Two also includes short-form experiments and recurring anthology features, including a one-page story, letters, and the comic’s surreal “Dongbits.”
Backers can choose between two £10 physical editions the standard cover or a Ghost Theory variant cover, alongside a £3 digital edition and a limited £25 foil edition of the standard cover. Add-ons include Issue One, and A4 posters of the cover artwork. Shipping is charged separately.
Katy Stone is an illustrator, game artist, forensic illustrator, and former fashion designer. She previously worked with MTV and Universal Music, and now focuses on storytelling through visual art. She collaborates with many clients to adapt prose into comics, helping researchers and writers communicate complex ideas in accessible, illustrated formats. Her creative work spans science, education, horror, and speculative fiction. Oh and funny greetings cards.
Phillip Vaughan is a comic creator, artist, colourist, designer and letterer. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Technical Art and Visual Effects at Abertay University. He is currently working with legendary comics writer Pat Mills on the historical war comic Ragtime Soldier, and has extensive experience in comic production and visual storytelling.
Stone and Vaughan are positioning their Singularity anthology as part of Dundee’s wider creative legacy a city with a long association with British comics and publishing while building a modern, creator-owned model that connects comics with adjacent audiences in horror and the paranormal.
“Singularity is the comic we want to exist,” Vaughan said. “It’s a place where we can take risks, collaborate with people outside the usual circles, and still deliver something polished and professional. The Kickstarter is how we print it, pay people properly, and keep the series sustainable.”
• Check out the Kickstarter for Singularity Issue Two here
• Issue One of Singularly is also available to buy from VHS Productions direct at vhs-singularity.com
A 36-page A4 horror and science-fiction comic anthology featuring seven original short stories exploring transformation, isolation, memory, identity, and the uneasy relationship between humans and technology
• Check out the Kickstarter for Singularity Issue Two here
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“You go first because if you die I know it’s not a good idea.”
This is Ghost Theory, two adventurers and lovers of the paranormal. Travelling the UK in search for paranormal hotspots to find the truth and conjure up our own theories to the strange things that happen in places most would never venture…
Ghost Theory are a UK duo of filmmakers and adventurers, Joe and Elliot, who combine storytelling, filmmaking and the paranormal. They travel to well‑known and lesser‑known haunted locations, using their urban exploring contacts to access eerie abandoned buildings and document their experiences in beautifully shot videos. Their blend of paranormal investigation and storytelling makes them stand out from other ghost hunters, and they bring their expertise and sense of humour to the haunted tale “Dolly Mixtures”.
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